Improvement in sewing-machine tables



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.|. B. McLURE.

Sewing-Machine Thles.

N0. 134,759. Patentedlan.14,1873.

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AM. PHorai/moGRAP/ncca Mdosoeua'v mouais) UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. MGLURE, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING-MACHiNE TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 134,759, dated January14, 1873.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, JOHN B. MCLURE, of the'cit-y of Wheeling, in theState of West Virginia, have made the invention hereinafter described,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing and the letters of reference thereon.

The invention relates to a sewing-machine table and cover and consistsof suchV a table with a cover or box, (to cover the machine on thetable,) all the parts or pieces of which, when off the machine, can becompactly folded together, the one piece upon or against the others,upon the top of the table or Within a recess within it, constructed andoperating substantially as hereinafter more fully described; and has forits object the furnishing of a table possessing all the qualitiesdesirable, such as a top with an even and firm surface, with asufficient breadth at the place most needed; a box or case to cover themachine attached to the table that can be easily and quickly removed anddisposed of out of the way where itcannot be broken apart; and all thiswith durability and cheapness.

To enable others to make and-use my invention, I will now by the aid ofthe drawing more particularly describe it.

In the drawing on Sheet l, Figure l is a perspective view of a tablewith a box inclosing the machine; and Fig. 2 is a like view of theformer, with box oft' of the machine and all `of its live partscompactly folded together within the recess shown in Fig. l, so that thetop piece of the box becomes a part of the top of the table, and alsoshowing how the box is put togethergand attached to the table to admitof such folding and disposition; both of which figures togetherrepresent one mode of applying the invention.

0n Sheet 2, Figs. 3 and 4 are also perspectives of a table similar tothe one in Figs. 1 and 2, but differing from it in showing all of theiive parts of the box folded together in the recess, so that the backpart of the box becomes a part of the top ofthe table. They also furtherrepresent how the box is put together and attached to the table to admitof such folding and disposition; both of which figures also representanother manner of applying the invention; but the difference betweenthis mode and the one before described consists only in inverting thehinges which connect the top part of the box with the back part, andattaching the one to the base of the recess, and the other to the topedge-a difference so slight that the one would naturally suggest theother.

The tables shown in the above figures `are mainly intended for thatclass of machines which do their sewing quite on a plane with the topsurface of the table, such as the Singer and Weed machines.

On Sheet 1, Figs. 5 and 6 are perspectives of a table mainly intendedfor that other class of machines which do their sewing several inchesabove the surface of the table, such as the Wheeler & Wilson machine-theformer figure showing the box over the machine, and the latter one `Withit off and folded up, as hereinbefore described, upon the top of thetable, and, in this instance, so as to raise that part of thetable evenwith the sewing apparatus ofthe machine, although it may as well beattached to any admissible part of the table. These figures `showanother application of the invention, but one altogether mechanical.

Figs. 7 and 8 on Sheet 2 are, respectively, perspectives of the boxes asshown folded together in the former figures, but detached from thetables to better show the way it is done.

Fig. 9 represents the hinge used to connect the top part of the box tothe back, and by the use of which all of the ive parts of the box can befolded together, as before described.

In the figures, A represents the table; B,

boxes or cases; C, recesses within the tables and e f g 7L z', thepieces composing the boxes.

The box is put together byhinging the ends and front pieces to the toppiece, so that the end pieces will turn in upon it, and the frontV inupon the ends, when the top part is hinged to the back part by theL-shaped hinge shown in Fig. 9, and in the one case this hinge isscrewed to the back piece and pivoted to the top7 and in the other casethe reverse. It is evident from the nature of this hinge and the objectintended by its use that the pivotal part of this hinge in oneapplication of the invention must be of a length equal to the i fullthickness of the box when folded. together,

and in the other application to a portion of the thicknesses of the topand back pieces of the box. The box When so hinged together is attachedto the table in the rst application by hinging its back part to theinside base of the recess in the table; in the second, to the top edgeof the recess; and in the third to the top surface of the table. These Iconsider the best places of attaching it, but others, doubtless, can beused.

Having now described the principle of the invention, its object,applications, and the manner vof making and using it, What I desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is- 1. A sewing-machinetable, A, with a box or cover, B, all the parts composing which box foldcompactly together, as described, upon the top of the table or Within arecess made Within it, as described.

2. The box or cover B, folding together as described, in combinationwith the L-shaped hinge.

Witnesses: JOHN B. MCLURE.

EZRA E. WORTHEN, JN0. BROWN, S. B. MoCoLLocH.

